[river rat]

There are a lot of things the Brits do well...
But eating well, or cooking is not among them..

A Brit dominated food judging team.....should be highly suspect..

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the REALLY best eating place in the world --- is in Japan.

I've had more REALLY fine meals in Japan - than anywhere I've been....including Europe.

Semper Fi

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There are a lot of things the Brits do well... But eating well, or cooking is not among them..

I know. Their taste buds may be lacking but they more than make up for that, from what I've seen in Iraq, in other ways.

[mtbopfuyn]

Still find it humourous that 3 were in USA. I've never liked greasy French food and their wait staff are way too anal.

[Winniesboy]

"There are a lot of things the Brits do well...
But eating well, or cooking is not among them.. "

If I may say so, an EXTREMELY out of date view. There has been an eating revolution in the UK in the last twenty years or so, reflected not only at the top end in the wide range of world class restaurants, in many regional centres as well as London: but also in the huge interest in and involvement in quality domestic cooking. You get some sense of this (but it's only a superficial sense) from the colour supplements of any of the broadsheet press, or the enormous popularity of "celebrity chef" programmes on UK TV. Yes, it is still possible to eat badly in the UK, just as it's possible to eat badly in France or indeed the US: but that's now only a small part of a much bigger picture.